Blog #5 for Both Cohorts: Due by Class-Time next week (Oct. 11 or 12)

 Mr. Wormeli's idea: 1) What is a hero? 2) Give me an example of a hero. 3) Explain why your example is a hero.

I liked the idea of writing bingo. The reason I liked writing bingo, is because it asks the student to create different things for the topic. for example: make a recipe of what a hero is. Write a thank you note to your personal hero. Write a letter to the editor about what a hero in the newspaper should be. Write an invitation to a hero's birthday party. create an e-mail to your hero to ask more information about what they do. write a letter to a pen pal, friend, or relative, and explain who your example of a hero is, and why they are a hero. This could be done over the course of the unit, having the students do one box a day, having to have the hole bingo card filled out by the end of the unit. each time the student get's a bingo up, down or diagonal, the student gets the option of sharing (which if it is a safe environment, they will) and of getting a hero badge for that line. By the end of the unit, each student will have a sash of many hero badges, and think about being a hero themselves for the rest of the year.